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GOAL 6: NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS … “to increase the proportion of college graduates who can communicate effectively, think critically, and solve problems.” To increase learning you have to measure where you are – States govern education – therefore comparative data up to now has been difficult to obtain

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FIVE STATES BEGIN SOUTH CAROLINA NEW MEXICO KENTUCKY ILLINOIS OKLAHOMA Working with the National Forum on College Level Learning these states are charged with creating a national model to measure student learning at the STATE level

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CHARGE FOR SC INSTITUTIONS No more than 2 hours of testing time per campus: FALL 2003 Students must be near degree completion 1200-1500 students from 2-year public colleges take 2 Work Keys Tests (Oversampling possible at project price) 1200-1500 students from 4-year private and public colleges take Tasks of Critical Thinking and NSSE 1500 Alumni state-wide (4-yr colleges) to take 15 minute on-line Peterson’s Alumni Survey (Spring 2003)

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CHARGE FOR OUR DIVISION Report required licensure scores Serve as State Liaison to institutions Work with National Forum to obtain GRE scores Serve as central data source and control Lead national conversations on what instruments can appropriately be used to measure student learning at the state level

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WHAT DO WE GET FROM THIS? S.C. Colleges get free instruments S.C. Colleges have a chance to critique the instruments and process at its most changeable point – the pilot More years to improve before non-project states’ data is reported The ability to wrap the outcomes into the FIPSE project

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FIPSE PROGRESS TO DATE State Team – Reforming under Governor Sanford Recruitment of American Association of State Colleges and Universities as partner in project State Directors meeting for April in Oklahoma to structure state timelines, communication plans, share goal ideas Proposals to be presented for conferences Grant Pre-Proposal submitted to Lumina

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SC WILL BECOME HIGHLY VISIBLE IN THE NATIONAL SCENE State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) National Council of State Legislatures (NCLS) National Governors Association (NGA) American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Education Commission of the States (ECS)

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Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Program: Established in 1988 to retain the “best and brightest” in South Carolina. Palmetto Fellows may receive up to $6,700 per academic year towards the cost-of-attendance at a participating senior institution within the State.

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Need-based Grants Program: Established in 1996 to provide additional financial assistance to the State’s neediest residents. South Carolina was one of the last states in the nation to implement a need-based grants program at the state level. Full-time students may receive up to $2,500 per year and part-time students may receive up to $1,250 per year towards the cost-of- attendance at participating two- and four-year institutions.

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LIFE Scholarship Program: Established in 1998 to increase access to higher education. Recipients may receive up to $5,000 towards the cost-of-attendance at a four-year institution. LIFE Scholarship recipients may receive up to the cost-of-tuition at a two-year public or technical institution. For the two-year independent institution in the state, recipients may receive up to $3,380.

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Lottery Tuition Assistance Program: Implemented in 2002 to provide tuition assistance for residents attending two-year public and independent institutions. For Spring 2003, full-time students may receive up to $1,044 per year and part-time students may receive up to $87 per credit hour towards the cost-of-tuition.

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SC HOPE Scholarship Program: Established in 2001 to provide funding for first-time entering freshman attending a four-year public or independent institution who do not qualify for a LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship. Recipients may receive up to $2,650 towards the cost-of-attendance for the first year of attendance only.

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Capital Funding - Deferred Maintenance Study conducted in 1994 identified approximately $173 million in E&G deferred maintenance Study currently being updated; preliminary estimates indicate deferred maintenance has increased to more than $500 million in 9 years Since 1994, Legislature has appropriated approximately $70 million for renovations, repairs, and deferred maintenance through Capital Improvement Bond Funding

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Parity Funding The Committee on Finance and Facilities adopted a position that Parity will be implemented when the General Assembly appropriates new funds, and should be a component of the allocation methodology. The Committee charged the CHE staff and the institutions to work together to develop a plan.

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Parity Funding Parity Issue Review Commission Charge Study Group Funding Advisory Committee CHE Staff Series of Meetings - Next Meeting this afternoon Recommendation to be made to the Finance and Facilities Committee on February 18th Recommendation to the full Commission on March 6th